Students in all three districts had mostly wrapped up the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test prior to the surprise cancellations.

Both Okaloosa and Walton counties opted to suspend testing again when they returned to school Friday.

“We didn’t know how many students we’d have and we knew after these two days they wouldn’t be settled down enough for testing,” said Kay Dailey, who oversees curriculum and instruction in Walton County.

As was the case in the other two counties, only a handful of students in Walton County still needed to finish the standardized tests, she said.

Rather than postponing the end-of-course exams scheduled to begin Monday, the district will begin those on time and fit in the FCAT when they can, Dailey said.

Okaloosa County is planning to follow a similar route.

Wyrosdick said some students in his district started on previously scheduled end-of-course exams Friday.

Even as they considered the testing situation, school leaders in a handful of schools were still dealing with the physical aftermath of the storms.

Students at Edwins Elementary School in Fort Walton Beach were doubled up in classrooms, sharing the cafeteria and holding class in other rooms like the media center while crews worked to repair the significant water damage sustained at the school.

Students at West Navarre Primary in Santa Rosa County remained home an additional day as crews worked to repair their school.

Elsewhere in the district, teachers were focused on student well-being more than anything else on Friday, Wyrosdick said.

“This is a traumatic event for a lot of kids,” he said of the flooding. “We’re hearing a lot of stories about kids that need help.”

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Students in all three districts had mostly wrapped up the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test prior to the surprise cancellations.

Both Okaloosa and Walton counties opted to suspend testing again when they returned to school Friday.

“We didn’t know how many students we’d have and we knew after these two days they wouldn’t be settled down enough for testing,” said Kay Dailey, who oversees curriculum and instruction in Walton County.

As was the case in the other two counties, only a handful of students in Walton County still needed to finish the standardized tests, she said.

Rather than postponing the end-of-course exams scheduled to begin Monday, the district will begin those on time and fit in the FCAT when they can, Dailey said.

Okaloosa County is planning to follow a similar route.

Wyrosdick said some students in his district started on previously scheduled end-of-course exams Friday.

Even as they considered the testing situation, school leaders in a handful of schools were still dealing with the physical aftermath of the storms.

Students at Edwins Elementary School in Fort Walton Beach were doubled up in classrooms, sharing the cafeteria and holding class in other rooms like the media center while crews worked to repair the significant water damage sustained at the school.

Students at West Navarre Primary in Santa Rosa County remained home an additional day as crews worked to repair their school.

Elsewhere in the district, teachers were focused on student well-being more than anything else on Friday, Wyrosdick said.

“This is a traumatic event for a lot of kids,” he said of the flooding. “We’re hearing a lot of stories about kids that need help.”